adj.
Pronunciation: - ' sten-d ə d
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
1 : drawn out in length especially of time <an extended visit>
2 a : fully stretched out <an extended battle line> b of a horse's gait : performed with a greatly lengthened stride but without a break ― compare COLLECTED c : INTENSIVE < extended efforts>
3 : having spatial magnitude : being larger than a point <an extended source of light>
4 : EXTENSIVE 1 <made available extended information ― Ruth G. Strickland>
5 : DERIVATIVE 1 , SECONDARY 2A <an extended sense of a word>
6 of a typeface : having a wider face than that of a standard typeface
– ex · tend · ed · ly adverb
– ex · tend · ed · ness noun